Helpful Resources
Energy Psychotherapy
To find out more about energy psychotherapy:
Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology
For research on energy psychotherapy:
For some self-help exercises go to:
There are exercises to help feelings of anxiety, shock, anger, confusion and upsetting memories.
Family Constellations
Inherited Fear
To learn more about inherited trauma you can listen to this BBC Radio 4 programme.
It Didn't Start With You
Mark Wolynn, author of "It Didn't Start With You", giving a talk on Family Constellations
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It Didn't Start With You
by Mark Wolynn
This is a great introduction to inherited trauma with exercises to help you think about your own inherited trauma.
Trauma
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Dr. Gabor Maté
Gabor Mate is an expert in trauma and his website has a wealth of information
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The body keeps the score
by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma
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How to do the work
by Dr. Nicole LePera
Dr LePera offers readers the support and tools that will allow them to break free from destructive behaviours to reclaim and recreate their lives.
Mind & Body
There are lots of studies that connect our diets with our mental and emotional health. For example a deficiency in vitamin B can cause depression, having dirty genes can also effect how we feel. The excellent book 'Dirty Genes' by Dr Ben Lynch explores this.
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Dirty Genes
by Dr. Ben Lynch
Dirty Genes: A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health
There are many 'mental health' issues that may be caused by nutritional imbalances. The book 'The Optimum Nutrition Bible' has some useful information on this. It may be useful to seek out a nutritionist to work with nutritional deficiencies.
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The Optimum Nutrition Bible
by Patrick Holford
"The Book You Have To Read If Your Care About Your Health"
~ Sunday Times
This BBC Radio 4 programme explore how an unhappy childhood results in an unhealthy adult:
"Scientists are now revealing that these stressful childhood experiences have a direct impact on our physical health, through their impact on the developing brain and the immune system."
Unhappy Child, Unhealthy Adult
Geoff Watts looks at the growing body of evidence that reveals how adverse childhood experiences contribute to poor health and shorter lives.
Prune Harris is an excellent resource if you are interested in working energetically to improve your health.
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Prune Harris
"When you understand your energy systems, you have choice in every situation"
Brené Brown's book "Atlas of the Heart" is an excellent resource for exploring emotions, what they are and how to understand them.
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Atlas of the Heart
by Brené Brown
Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience.
Social Media
On Instagram – the.holistic.psychologist is an excellent account with bite sized, easy to digest information about trauma, relationships & wellness.